Tune: The Gentleman Soldier military, collected by A.G. Gilchrist (1907) Source: Roy Dommett Chorus: One dancer (#1 in the first chorus, then #2, #5, #6) steps in & clashes forehand-backhand clockwise with each other dancer around the circle, then galley right to a set. (No repeat.) Figures: once to yourself, foot up & down, half gyp, back-to-back, rounds
Chorus #1: Dancer #1 steps into the center during bar 1; the other dancers form a circle around him/her. In bars 2-6 the dancer in the middle clashes (always with tip, forehand then backhand) with his/her corner, then moves one person clockwise in each bar. Everyone else clashes with the person who is available. All galley right into a set. (The chorus does not repeat.) Chorus #2: Same as chorus #1 except that dancer #2 steps into the center. Chorus #3: Same as chorus #1 except that dancer #5 steps into the center. Chorus #4: Same as chorus #1 except that dancer #6 steps into the center.
Hankie dances: stand in position, trying not to look stupid. Five beats before the end of the tune, bring the hankies up to chest-level and rise onto your toes. Then two hop backs and a foot-together-jump. Stick dances: stand in position, trying not to look stupid. Two beats before the end of the tune, do a foot-together-jump.
Face up. Two double steps in the “up” direction (one stationary, one in place). Galley (out from the center). Foot-together-jump to face down. Face down. Two double steps in the “down” direction (one stationary, one in place). Galley (out from the center). Foot-together-jump ¾ of the way around to face across.
Face across. Two double steps, one to cross to your partner's position (starting on the left foot1) and passing by the right shoulder) and one in place. Hop backs to return to place. Foot-together-jump. Face across. Two double steps, one to cross to your partner's position (starting on the right foot2) and passing by the left shoulder) and one in place. Hop backs to return to place. Foot-together-jump.
Face across. Two double steps: on the first one cross to your partner's position (starting on the left foot and passing by the right shoulder), and on the second one slide to your right. Hop backs to return to place, this time passing your partner by the left shoulder. Foot-together-jump. Face across. Two double steps: on the first one cross to your partner's position (starting on the right foot and passing by the left shoulder), and on the second one slide to your left. Hop backs to return to place, this time passing your partner by the right shoulder. Foot-together-jump.
On the catch-step (“and”) before the downbeat, hop into a circle and face clockwise. Middles will need to move outwards (“bulge”). One double step around the circle (clockwise). On the second double step spiral into a clump, ending halfway around the circle but closer to the center. Hop backs to your corner's place (halfway around the circle). Foot-together-jump. On the catch-step (“and”) before the downbeat, all dancers turn a little more than 180° over their left shoulders (“hard turn”) and go back the way they came (counter-clockwise). Again, on the second double step spiral into a clump, ending halfway around the circle but closer to the center. Hop backs to your original place. Foot-together-jump.
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